CI: Fix release-npm-packages action (#77127)

* Remove dependency of NpmReleaseAction to the git binary

* Switch to using the node image for the release-npm-packages step

.drone.yml

@@ -2711,7 +2711,7 @@ steps:
     NPM_TOKEN:
       from_secret: npm_token
   failure: ignore
-  image: golang:1.20.10-alpine
+  image: node:20.9.0-alpine
   name: release-npm-packages
 trigger:
   event:
@@ -4668,6 +4668,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: gcr_credentials
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 4c04040e7890d9f1da64ff3e2c006db1b3de4276b57ce4401849ec4ceb665ea8
+hmac: 2a51cf7ded5c749dc6b3664e5cadc6378910e772bf44ea8c80457b5ddb61e3a5
 
 ...

pkg/build/cmd/npm.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
@@ -74,12 +73,6 @@ func NpmReleaseAction(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("no tag version specified, exitting")
 	}
 
-	cmd := exec.Command("git", "checkout", ".")
-	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("command failed to run, err: ", err)
-		return err
-	}
-
 	err := npm.PublishNpmPackages(c.Context, tag)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

scripts/drone/events/release.star

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def retrieve_npm_packages_step():
 def release_npm_packages_step():
     return {
         "name": "release-npm-packages",
-        "image": images["go"],
+        "image": images["node"],
         "depends_on": [
             "compile-build-cmd",
             "retrieve-npm-packages",